Detection of lumbar facet joint gouty arthritis using dual-energy computed tomography

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2190-2191

  Parikh, Pragnesh ^a   Butendieck, Ronald ^a   Kransdorf, Mark ^a   Calamia, Kenneth ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CREATININE; FEBUXOSTAT; URIC ACID;

AGED; BONE EROSION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDEMA; GOUT; HAND; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; LEG; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN TINGLING; SOFT TISSUE; TOE; WRIST;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77957886048     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100492     Document Type: Letter

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